REUTERS POLL TREND-Australia's Rudd could be one-term PM

CANBERRA, June 10 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
could become the first, one-term Australian prime minister
since 1932, with voter support falling to its lowest level
since his election in 2007, pointing to a cliffhanger poll
later this year.

The Reuters Poll Trend shows Rudd's Labor government holds
an insignificant 0.4 point lead on a two-party basis, compared
with a commanding 23 point lead in March 2008.

If the opinion polls were reflected on election day, which
is expected in October, Rudd could become the first prime
minister to lose power after one term since Jim Scullin lost in
1932 in the wake of the Great Depression.

"Kevin Rudd is in more trouble than the early settlers,"
Monash University analyst Nick Economou told Reuters.

"He now needs the goodwill of voters in marginal seats, and
favourable preference deals with the Greens, to have any chance
of winning a second term." Click for Rudd Newsmaker
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